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The Effects of Reading Glasses on Labour Market Outcomes and Quality of Life: Evidence from Bangladesh Farzana Sherin, Kamrun Naher, Anita S. Chowdhury, Narayan Das Date: 25 October 2018; Time: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm; Venue: RED Conference Room (15th Floor) Abstract In Bangladesh, Presbyopia or near vision problem is considered as an emerging public health concern, as one-fifth of its population are suffering from it. It is estimated that there are about 8.9 million Presbyopic .......

Creating Gender Responsive Branch Office: Assessment of an Intervention Rumana Ali, Samir Ranjan Nath, Date: 12 September 2018; Time: 10:00 to 11:00 am; Venue: RED Conference Room, (15th Floor) Abstract BRAC, since its inception, has been working to establish gender equality both at organisational and community level. Along with different development programmes at the community level to change the oppressive cultural values and ideology, building-up the capacity of staff and .......

The concluding seminar of the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) programme, will be held on 23 July 2018 from 10 am to 1:30 pm at the BRAC Inn Conference Room, Dhaka.LANSA, an international research partnership, funded by UKaid, has been working to study how agriculture and food-related interventions can be better designed to improve nutrition, particularly for children and adolescent girls in South Asia. BRAC as the Bangladesh partner of LANSA, undertook innovative .......

IDS Bulletin on Value Chains for Nutrition in South Asia launches on 7 February 2018 Malnutrition is everyone’s problem argues latest IDS bulletin As one in three people are affected, and virtually every country on this planet is facing a serious public health challenge due to malnutrition, the latest IDS Bulletin calls for actors from across sectors to work together to tackle the global epidemic. The causes for malnutrition are multiple, ranging from food insecurity to inadequate .......

Assessment of the Impact of Reading Glasses on Livelihood and Quality of Life in the Context of Rural BangladeshFarzana Sehrin and Anita Sharif ChowdhuryDate: 14 August 2016; Time: 10:00 to 11:00 am; Venue: RED Conference Room (15th Floor)Research Proposal PresentationAbstractClear vision is a precondition to remain economically productive and at the same time enjoy a quality life. One of the vision related emerging public health problems in Bangladesh is presbyopia, as one-fifth .......

Socio-psychological Status of TUP BeneficiariesRumana Ali, Nahida Akter, Towhida Islam and Taznim Jahan SukhiDate: 19 June 2016; Time: 01:30 to 02:30 pm; Venue: RED Conference Room (15th Floor)Research Proposal PresentationAbstractTargeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) is one of the mainstream development services of BRAC. The aim of TUP is to assist the ultra-poor to improve their livelihoods and bring about positive changes in succeeding economic, social and inspiring changes. Initiated .......